Education

  • PhD Candidate in Bioinformatics (08/2007 - Present)
    Institute of Bioinformatics
    University of Georgia
    Athens GA.

  • Master of Public Health - Epidemiology (2004-2006)
    School of Rural Public Health
    Texas A & M University Health Sciences
    College Station, TX

  • Bachelors (1998-2002)
    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
    Kumasi, Ghana

Research Experience

  • Graduate Research Assistant (Dr. Ying Xu's Lab)
    Computational Systems Biology Lab
    (Structural Bioinformatics Group)
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    University of Georgia, Athens GA

  • Research Assistant (Dr. Yuying Chen)
    Homebase weight control for person's with spinal Cord injury
    (EatRight Study)
    Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Birmingham, AL

  • Independent Graduate Student Research Trainee (Dr. Pauline Jolly)
    Aflatoxin Educational Intervention
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Birmingham, AL

Honors & Awards

  1. Awarded NIGMS/NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Grant (July 2010 - Present). Topic: "Threading Transmembrane Protein Structures: G-Protein Coupled Receptor Case Study"
  2. National Blue Key Honors Society (Intiated-2010) - University of Georgia Chapter
  3. Cancer Research Experience for Students Fellow (CaRES-2006) - Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
  4. Minority International Health Research Training Fellow (MIHRT-2006) - Fogarty International Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
  5. Competitive Student Scholarship (2005-2006) - Texas A & M University (NIH)
  6. Magna Cum laude - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology.